Combined holder and bracket



(No Mpdel.)

E. M. WRIGHT. GOMBINEDHOLDBR AND BRACKET.

Patented Aug. 12

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ELIZA M. lVRIGl-IT, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO .MARY J. REID, OF WAYNE, MICHIGAN.

COMBINED HOLDERAND BRACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 434,413, dated August 12, 1890 Application filed March 1, 1890. Serial No. 342,241. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELIZA M. WRIGHT, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Holder or Bracket and I do hereby declare the following be a full, clear, and exact description of the invent-ion, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in combination holders or brackets, the object being to produce a device for holding or supporting certain household articles, such as a broom, whisk-broom, dust-pan, hair dustbrush, feather brush, or similar articles.

A further object is to produce a holder or bracket for the reception of certain household articles, which shall be simple in construction, cheap to manufacture, and ornamental in appearance.

IVith these objects in view the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, as hereinafter set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

I11 the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view of a bracket made of cast metal or other suitable material. Fig. 2 is a view of my improved bracket made of a single piece of wire; and Fig. 3 is a modification showing a diiferent style of wire employed in making my improved article.

My improved bracket or support may be made of wire bent into the proper form or of cast metal, or of' wood, or of any suitable material, and it may be made in a single piece or in several parts secured together in any suitable manner.

I will first describe the device as made of a single piece of suitable material, as shown in Fig. 1.

To the upper ends of two uprights a b is a loop 0, which describes nearly a complete ellipse, the ends of the loop being separated a short distance to produce an opening or space (1 of sufficient size to permit the passage of the handle of an ordinary sweeping-broom, the head of the broom resting upon the ends of the loop 0.

At the lower end of the upright rod aa cir: cular loop e is made to project at right angles from said rod and is adapted to receive a feather dust-brush. At the lower end of the other upright rod 1) an elliptical loop 6' is made to project at right angles to said rod b and is intended for the reception of a whiskbroom.

/ Projecting laterally and forwardly from the upright rods a b near their upper ends are two hook-shaped arms f g, one of said arms being intended for the reception of a dustpan and the other for a hair dust-brush.

At the upper end of each rod a small loop h is made, by means of which the device may be hung up in any suitable place.

\Vhen the device is made of wire, the loops e e are formed by bending the lower ends of the rods to b. The upper ends of said rods are bent to produce the loops h. After forming these loops the wire is bent laterally from each rod to b and then forwardly and upwardly to produce the hook-shaped arms f g. It is then bent upon itself, and each arm f g made, in effect, of two strands of wire. The wire is next bent upwardly at a point in proximity to the uprights and then forwardly and upwardly. It is then bent upon itself and produces the loop or broom-holder 0. Thus it will be seen that the entire device may be made of a single piece of wire.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A holder or bracket composed of a pair of uprights connected at or near their upper ends by means of an elongated open loop and said uprights having loops at their lower ends bent at right angles to the uprights, substantially as set forth.

2. A holder or bracket composed of a pair of uprights and an open loop connecting said uprights, the outer extremities of said loops projecting beyond the uprights, substantially as set forth.

3. A holder or bracket composed of a pair of uprights having eyelets in their upper ends by which they are supported and devices to receive the articles to be supported at their lower ends, said uprights being connected by I00 substantially as set forth.

5. A bracket or support made of a single piece of wire, said wire being bent to produce two uprights, an elongated loop connecting said uprights at their upper ends, a loop at the lower end of each upright bent at right angles thereto, arms projecting laterally from said upright-s, and loops by means of which to hang the device up, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ELIZA M. WRIGHT.

WVitnesses:

MARY J. REID, PAUL GORHAM. 

